The English Movies Thread (No Spoilers Please)

This is a discussion on The English Movies Thread (No Spoilers Please) within Shifting gears, part of the Around the Corner category; Eastwood makes for an amazing director as well. The 2 war movies Flags of our Fathers and Letters from Iwo ...

Eastwood makes for an amazing director as well. The 2 war movies Flags of our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima were kickass! Please watch them if you haven't - if you love war movies, you'll love these.

Am Crazy about Morgan Freeman as well. The following are an absolute must watch i.e.
Glory
Unforgiven
The Shawshank Redemption
Seven
Kiss the Girls
Along Came a Spider
The Sum of All Fears
High Crimes
Gone Baby Gone
The Bucket List
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight Rises
Million Dollar Baby

Am Crazy about Clint Eastwood. The following are an absolute must watch i.e.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Unforgiven
In the Line of Fire
The Bridges of Madison County
Mystic River
Million Dollar Baby
Changeling
Gran Torino

Id add 'Trouble with the curve' and 'Space cowboys' to that list.
Common theme of an oldtimer(s) trying to make it in a young world.

Mission Impossible - Rogue Nation For me only the first two movies of this franchise really did justice to the name the rest have progressively become more masala. Having said that the latest movie tries to bring back some of the lost touch but only marginally. Good movie for watching stunts & some good performances from a relatively fresh cast. The Plot has too many loopholes but thats not what this frnashie is for anymore.

3/5

Jurassic World

Honestly I had less expectations from this movie as the topic was covered in all possible ways in the previous versions. But I was pleasantly surprised, this is truely the sequel to the Original movie. Predictable yet good story line, nice twists & great effects. No wonder it has become the third Highest grossing film of all time in US & World.

Mission Impossible - Rogue Nation For me only the first two movies of this franchise really did justice to the name the rest have progressively become more masala. Having said that the latest movie tries to bring back some of the lost touch but only marginally. Good movie for watching stunts & some good performances from a relatively fresh cast. The Plot has too many loo

You think?
I was watching this on my Tab and I saw it in a go. It was pretty taut compared to the India and China sojourns. I really enjoyed it. Almost wished I'd seen it in a theatre.

An HBO documentary on the 2008 financial meltdown. Fast paced, full of interesting behind-the-scene events and an excellent insight into the kind of leadership that went into making some historic decisions.

Too long, too dramatized, story starts out well in first half and then literally goes into Bollywood mode in the second half. Most bollywood thrillers would give you the basics of the Spectre movie script.

Worst of all, Christoph Waltz is literally not utlized, except for the only (fantastic) scene that is splashed across the trailers.

Go for the cheapest show you get. Worth a watch, only to get to say you watched the latest bond movie. And of course, to see the last time Craig as James Bond.

Pixels
This is brainless but funny. And sort of nostalgic too.
A tape of a video game championship from 83 is sent to space, and aliens attack on the basis of the tape, with the characters/ games from 80s games.
Adam Sandler starrer, it's funny in bits, and not Sandler class of funny. Good for a bag of chips.
3/5